On the Rocks

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
1654
Super Issue No.
29/86
Date Released
28 Oct 1929
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Miniature "Great Fire"
  2. 2Attempted Assassination of Crown Prince of Italy
  3. 3The Premier in Canada
  4. 4Cup Tie ‘Itis
  5. 5On the Rocks
  6. 6US Navy Autumn Manoeuvres
  7. *Prince of Wales in Manchester

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
Empress of Canada - largest passenger liner on the Pacific - carrying 450 passengers, runs ashore in dense fog. She was refloated 2 days later.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weather; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Vancouver
Footage sources
Pathe New York
Story extras:
Film clip

• You may need to login in to external websites.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 163 times.